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BOSTON, Get. 22.— The riflemen had a windy day for their shoot, 

 and although the number in attendance was large, hut few scores 

 were finished. The result of the day's shoot is given nelow: 

 Decimal Practice Match. 



W O Bnrnite, Mil 7 



A Johnson. 8 



PL Chase... 10 



Eastman 6 



H Felix 8 



WHOler 7 



Bennett..., 3 



Barker... 



10 7 10 



8 8 10 10 



8 7 9 7 10 10 



9 9 8 5 10 8 



8 8 7 10 6 fi-72 

 7 8 8 10 5 6 9 0—72 



1 5 5 3 6' 



6 



8 10 9—85 



9 6 10-81 

 9 4 4-79 

 7 fl 5-73 



THE TRAP. 



2 022355 3 



Creed nioor Practice Match— Military Rifles. 



5-51 

 1 29 



WOBurnite. 4 4 "6 5 "5 M 4 5 5-46 



TFLounsbury 4 4 5 8 5 4 4 4 4 5-42 



J Q Fowl© 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 2 4 4-42 



M G Witharu 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4—40 



W H Oler 5 5 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4-40 



Simmons 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 4 2-37 



Mullaley 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 5 4 4-37 



Cahot 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4-30 



Boynton 424 4 3353 4 4-80 



Nowell 3 43540434 4-34 



Rest Match. 



J R Munroe 12 10 10 11 10 11 10 12 11 10-107 



W Chester 11 11 9 9 10 11 10 12 9-10! 



WHOler 11 12 9 10 9 9 9 9 11 11-100 



John Gunn .. . 11 10 8 10 8 11 11 10 In 9-98 



B G Bar Jeer 11 11 11 6 8 7 9 8 8 10— "" 



J Kurd 9 9 7 7 12 9 8 7 8 12— 



J Cutts | 



07766 11 9885— 73 



Revolver Match. 



FE Burnett.... 7 7 8 10 9 8 8 10 8 7-82 



J B Fellows 9 8 6 10 9 9 8 7 5 6-77 



R E Volver 8 5 7 5 9 5 10 6 7 8-71 



500yd. Match. 



Maj J H Whitney. .554534455.1-44 W H Oler 4222415444-35 



Barnes 3544544545—43 



PITTSBURGH, Oct. l.W-The second shoot for the Brown <& 

 Hirth medal took place at the Fourteenth Regiment rifle range, 

 at Ingraham Station, this afternoon. It resulted in Adjutant 

 Robb, who won it. last year, having to surrender it to Quarter- 

 master Patterson, who won with a score of 79. Following is the 

 detailed score, of all participants: 



200 Yards. 



E R.emmel 4503503441-83 Maj Glenn 0235234433-29 



S Hill 3541103824-32 B McMillen 4234434435-36 



O CCoon 3433443444—87 HJ Smith 4300444835-30 



T Keep 5348444358-88 J F Robb 4244444484- -37 



W Duncan 4344003440-36 W Htnglev U4O2O0O032- -10 



J Glenn 8O4433S302 -81 G Kingin 4383443443—85 



W Strain 4445445444-43 E Davis 3303322222-22 



C S Lower 4!S3:;oi4/v,-32 R C Patterson 0433444444-84 



J KWhipps 0334543454-35 E A Robinson 4032033404-33 



500 Yards. 



ERemmel 4240323040-22 G Kinein 4303354433-31 



S Hill 0003002080— 8 BO Patterson 4554545544—45 



J KWhipps 24333 408 20 -31 T Keep 0040243343-21 



B McMillen 0200300353-14 W Strain 0253345154 -35 



H J Smith 2203040500-16 S Lower 3003055300-18 



J F Robb 3333443445-36 



AUGUSTA, Me., Oct. 18— The State shoot began here to-day, the 

 following companies being represented: First Regiment, com- 

 panies A and B, of Portland; D, of Norway; F, of Augusta; (4, of 

 Biddeford: 2d Regiment, A, of Hampden; C, of Dexter; D, of 

 Lewiston; E, of Skowhegan; F, of Dover; G, of Bangor; H, of 

 Waterville, and the Frontier Guard, of Eastport. Notwithstand- 

 ing the day was a bad one for high scores, a southwest wind pre- 

 vailing, some good shooting was doue. The best work was done 

 by the Capital Guards, of Augusta, and the Frontier Guards, of 

 Eastport. The aggregate, scores of the former company was 20S, 

 11 points better than that made by Massachusetts teams of 7 men 

 at their State shoot. The Frontier Guard's score was equal to 

 the best made in the Massachusetts shoot by teams of 7 men. 

 Following are the scores made in the company team match: Co. 

 A, 1st Rogt., 171; Co. B, 1st Regt, 185; Co. D, 1st Regt., 213; Co. F, 

 1st Regt., 275; Co. O, 2d Regt., 204; Co. E, 2d Regt., 250: Co. F, 2d 

 Regt., 223; Co. G, 2d Regt., 241; Co. G, 1st Regt,, 241; Frontier 

 Guards, 275. The afternoon was occupied with a company team 

 skirmish, in which the following scores were made: Co. B, 1st 

 Regt., 301; Co. A, 1st Regt., 292; Co. F, 1st Regt., 895; Co. D, 1st 

 Regt, 310: Frontier Guards. .889; Co. D,2d Regt., 328; Co. F,2d Regt., 

 387: Co. E, 2d Regt., 367. 



TORONTO, Oct, 17.-A ver 

 at the butts, Aurora, this 

 Scarboro'; 20 shots off -hand. 

 Home Team. 



J W Crossley 88 



R Mosley 81 



D Bade 80 



JOB Johns ....78 



Eh Braund 75 



A Pete h 69 



W Petch 67 



W Capell 50 



OLyous 42 



W Mitchell 42- 



y interesting rifle match took place 

 afternoon, between home team and 

 The following is the score: 

 Scarboro 1 . 



J Clark 89 



RMcCowen 69 



J W Kennedy 68 



Geo Chester 65 



JF Davidson 59 



Thomas Hood 59 



S Rennie 57 



J Whitosides 53 



J Walton 50 



-672 A McPherson 41—610 



CINCINNATI, Oct, 11.— Despite the weather, which was the 

 most balking, the Al Bandle shoot at the Independent Gun Club 

 grounds began at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The opening shoot was 

 at ten siugie and five pair American clay birds, for the Bandle 

 twin team rings, valued at $50, between H. Hill and J. C. Small, 

 of Aurora, Ind., and P. Nose and W. Small, of Miamitown, Ohio. 

 ThiB was won by the Aurora find.) team, they scoring 37 out of a 

 possible 40 to the Miamitown team's 31. Hill, of the winning 

 team, scored straight. 



Match No. 2, at 10 single clay birds, entrance $1, opened with 

 sixteen entries. Nose and Cole divided first money on straight. 

 Bandle and McPhee took second money, and Hill won third alone. 



Match No. 3., at same number of birds and entrance, opened 

 with fourteen entries. Nose won first money on straight score. 

 Bandle, Hill, J. C. Small and McPhee divided second money on 

 nine each, and Lark won third alone. 



Match No. 4, conditionally, same as No. 3, opened with £ifteen 

 entries. Bandle, Lark and Cole tied on ten straight, which was 

 won by Bandle after scoring 19 to Lark's IS out of 20 in the shoot- 

 off. J. C. SmaU won second on nine, and Harris, Henry, Murphy 

 and J. Small divided first money on 8 each. 



Match No, 5, live birds, 30yds. rise, five ground traps, English 

 rules, entrance $3 T opened with twenty-eight entries. 1 irstmoney 

 was won by McPhee, Jackson and Strobel by winning straight, 

 Bandle, Murphy, J. M. G.. Shott and Bing divided second money, 

 and Goldnck, Bemis, Nelson, Hill and Joues divided third. 



Match No. 6, five live birds, conditions same as previous match, 

 opened with twenty-two entries, hut after shooting at three birds 

 each the contestants agreed to withdraw their entrance owing to 

 lack of birds to finish the match. Bandle, Bemis, Murphy, Nose. 

 J. M. G., Hill, McPhee, W. C. H. and Bing had all killed straight 

 at the time the match was called. 



Match No. 7, ten single American clay bird, entrance $1. opened 

 with twenty-nine entries. Bandle, Lark, Jackson and Bemis 

 scored nine each, which in the shoot-off was won by Bandle by 

 scoring nine out of ten again. Maynard, in the shoot-off, after 

 scoring eight, won second money by scoring five straight, and 

 J. M. G., after a good shoot-off, won third on seven. 



PROFESSOR SMITH.— Newark, N. J., Oct, 2H.-Editor Forest and 

 Stream: In perusing the columns of your paper from time to 

 time I have seen a few items in regard to rapidity shooting, but 

 have never seen any particular test of 100 or 1,000 shots. I inclose 

 you an account of what I accomplished on Oct, 22 with three re- 

 peating rifles .22cal., distance 30ft. I shot 1,000 shots in 21m. 35s. 

 at a target with a center ljfjin/in diameter. Nine-tenths of the 

 shots were inside of a 3in. circle. I would like to hear from some 

 others that arc interested in this matter.— Prof. Levi W. Smith, 

 Teacher and Practical All-round Shot. 



NEW HAA r EN, Conn., Oct. 20.— The 2d regiment (C. N. G.) rifle 

 tournament was held at Quinnipiac range to-day. The scores in 

 each team match (200 and oOOvds., 7 shots at each target) were as 

 follows: Co. K, Waliingford. 409; Co. E, New Haven, 399; field and 

 staff team. 286; Co. D, 312; Cc. I 339; Co. F, 359; Co. A. 327. The 

 individual match was won by Lieut. Walker, with a score of 32, 

 Lieut. La Barnes second, with 31. The officers match was also 

 won by Lieut. Walker, score 32, Lieut. La Barnes, second, score 31. 



NEWARK, N. J„ Oct. 23— Score made by the Our Own Rifle 

 Club, of Newark, N. J„ at their last shooting night, Oct. 20: 

 Team 1: Weeks 104, Bertram 100, Knothe 98, Welder 95. Fred. 

 Freien.se liner 106, Steutler 110, Hahn 90, L,aute 92, F. A. Freien- 

 Behner 109— 904. Team 2: Snellen 105, Drexler 92, J. M. Kiefer 100, 

 Condit 98, O. A. Kiefer 106, Bander 88, Kroeplin 94, Bayer 101, 

 Willms 10&-887. 



Scores for publication should he made out on the prinM blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club 

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores arc par- 

 ticularly requested to uWW on one side of the paper only. 



CLEVELAND, Oct, 20.— There was a fair attendance at the regu- 

 lar shoot of the East End Gun Club at Blue Rock Springs this 

 afternoon. The sky daikened early iu the afternoon and vervgood 

 shootiug was therefore not, expected, although the members spent 

 an enjoyable afternoon at the sport and sonic of thtm made good 

 scores. The targets used were blue rock pigeons. C. C. Hogan 

 won the first badge with a score of 18 at itfyds. rise and D. Auld 

 won the second badge with a score of 17 at 18yds. rise. It was the 

 second shot of the club under the handicap rules and the change 

 from (lass shooting meets the approval ot all the members. The 

 usual team shoot which followed the badge shoot was at live birdB. 

 The match was not close enough to be very exciting. Stoneman 

 and Dr. Craft were visitors at the shoot. The score is as follows: 



The Badge Shoot, 

 A B Jones.OlOllllOOlOrlOlOOill— 12 Calhoun. 11001011011101001111— 13 

 Sweetman 1 1 01 1 1 001 1 01 f 101 01 1 1 — 1 2 1) Auld. . .11111011011011111111-17 

 Wherry. . .00101 11111 111011111 1 -10 Conger. . ..0111 10101 11411 110101-15 



Elf red 10100 .00011011101011-11 P North,. 011 lOil 11 10IOOH11U-15 



C H Kilby .0101 1160001 Oil 10911 1- -10 Stoneman 01(10110101 1001011111—12 

 C C Hogan 111011111.10111111111—18 Dr Craft . ,11100100111000000011-10 

 Team Shoot. 



Paul North 1111111110-9 Stoneman 0110011101-6 



A B Jones 1111111010—8 Wherry 11 01111111-9 



Elf red OOlOlOl 111-0 Conger lOOlll 1 1 10-7 



W L Calhoun. . . . 1100111110-6 W L Calhoun. . ,0000010000—1 



C C Hogan 10101111 11-8 Auld 001010H01-5 



Sweetman 1111011101-7—14 Kilbv 01001101 10-5-38 



NEW BEDFORD, Oct. I 

 for the last time this se 

 members expected to meet 

 before the season is closed 

 day's scores are given belo 

 The first ton against each 

 next ton hats: 



C A Gray 



JG Whalon 



C H Keyon 



W Durfee 



Job Spooner 



C A Gray, Jr 



J H Lowe 



G H Spooner 



.8.— The Acushnet Gun Club shot to-day 

 ison at its grounds in Acushnet. The 

 the Now Bedford Gnu Club once more 

 but the. latter seemed to hold off. Tc- 

 v. Twenty birds apiece were allowed, 

 marksman represents clays and the 



0111011110 1111111111—17 



1111101011 1101110111-18 



oioionioi oiiiiiiin-15 



0111! Ill 10 0101111010-14 



0011101100 1U1011011—13 



0110101011 1101101111-13 



1100110110 1111001010-11 



lOlOIOOUOO 001J 1 1 1011—10—109 



BOSTON, Oct. 19,— There was a fair attendance of shotgun men 

 engaged in shooting for prizes at Walnut Hill to-day. Snow won 

 the gold Macomher badge and Smith headed the list of prize win- 

 ners in the merchandise match. E. J. Neal secured first prize in 

 the visitor's part of the latter match. Appended are the names of 

 tho winners in the sweepstakes event. Six clay-pigeons, Adams 

 first, Smith second, Stanton third; 6 clay-pigeons, Nichols first, 

 Adams and Stanton second, Jones and Warren third; 6 Macom- 

 her birds, Stanton and Snow first, Nichols and Adams second, 

 Smith third; 10 Macombers (badge sweep), Adams first. Snow 

 second, Warren and Jones third; 5 pairs Macombers (badge sweep), 

 Snow first, Nichols second, Stanton third; 10 clay-pigeons (mer- 

 chandise sweep). Smith first. Warren second, Stanton and Snow 

 third; 5 pairs bats (merchandise sweep), Warren first, Smith 

 second, Adams and Nichols third. Walkup match— Throe pairs 

 clays, Smith first, Neale second, Warren third; 6 clay-pigeons, 

 straightaway, 85yds., Stanton first, Smith and Nichols second, 

 Neale and Snow third; 5 clay -pigeons (Arkenson match). Nichols 

 and Adams first, Smith second, Neale and Stanton third: 5 clays 

 straightaway, Nichols first, Stanton and Snow second, Warren 

 and Neale third; 6 clay-pigeons, Stanton and Nichols first, Snow 

 second, Smith third; 5 bats, Stanton and Smith first, Snow second, 

 Adams third; bats, Stanton first, Adams and Nichols second, 

 Neale third; 6 clay-pigeons, Stanton first, Snow second, Warren 

 third; 6 clays, straightaway, Stanton first, Snow second, Warren 

 third. Macomher badge match— Snow, singles 8, doubles 9, total 

 17: Nichols 8. 8, 16; Adams 9, 6, 15; Stanton 8, 6, 14; Smith 8, 6, 14; 

 Warren 5, 3. S, Merchandise match— Smith, singles 10, doubles 8, 

 total 18; Warren 8, 9, 17; Stanton 7, 8, 15; Snow 7, 6, 13; Jones 5, 8, 

 13; Adams 5, 7, 12; Nichols 5, 7, 12. 



WELLINGTON, Oct. 23.— The wind made shooting rather diffi- 

 cult this afternoon, yet Perry scored one point for first in the 

 Merchandise match, Sanborn, Gerry and Snow a point each for 

 second, and Bradstreet one for third. The other events were won 

 as follows: 10 pigeons Sanborn, 10 blackbirds Gerry, 6 blackbirds 

 Gerry. 6 pigeons Snow, 6 blue rocks Gerry, 6 pigeons Gerry, 6 blue 

 rocks Snow, 6 blue rocks. Snow, Dan and Adams, 6 pigeons Pratt, 

 6 blackbirds Gerry, 6 pigeons Warren. 6 blackbirds Snow and 

 Perry, There will he a tournament of the Wellington Gun Club 

 at the range, Oct. 27, shooting to begin at 10 A. M. The leading 

 contest will be for the Climax diamond badge now held by H. G. 

 Wheeler. 



PIQUA, O., Oct. 14.— Dr. Hyde was declared the winner of the 

 gold medal at the Gun Club shoot here, beating in the final shoot 

 Racine and Vogt, who were in a tie with him. The contest was a 

 35 bird match, 5 traps, 14yds. rise. Dr, R. L. Hyde broke 20, Ed 

 Racine 20, C. H. Vogt 20, John Franz 17, Aug. Schneyer 14, John 

 Long 14 and A. B. Vanderveer 14. Hyde wears the medal until 

 his score is beaten. 



MISS ANNIE OAKLEY shot a match Sept. 30, at Nunhead, 

 Eng., at 50 blue rocks, 5 traps, 25yds. rise, Hurlingham rules, using 

 a 20-bore gun, shot. She scored 41 out of the 50. 



Address all communicatienis to the Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 



Secretaries of canoe clubs are requested to send to Forest and 

 Stream their addresses, with name, membership, signal, etc., ot 

 their clubs, and also notices in advance of meetings and raoes, and 

 report, of the same. Canoeists and all interested in canoeing are 

 requested to forward to Forest and Stream: their addresses, with 

 logs of cruises, maps, and information concerning their local 

 waters, drawings or descriptions of boats and fittings, and all items 

 relating to the sport, 



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FIXTURES. 



November. 



AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



Officers, 1S80-87. 

 Commodore: R. J. Wilkin. Brooklyn, N. Y. 

 Secretary-Treasurer: Wm. M. Carter, Trenton, N. J, 

 Officers-Elect 1S87-88. 



Commodore: R. W. Gibson ( .,,.„„, vj v 



Secretary-Treasurer: F. L. Mix.) Aluany ' *' 

 Vice-Corn. Rear-Com. Purser. 



CeutralDiv..Hemv Stanton.. .R, W. Bailey E.W. Brown, 146 B'way, N.Y. 



Eastern Div..L. Q. Jones Geo. M. Barney.... W. B. Davidson, Hartford. 



N'thern Div, .A. D. T. McGacben. W. 1 1 . MeKeridKiek, S. Britton, Lindsay, Can. 



Applications lor niembereliip must be. made to division parsers, accom- 

 panied by the recommendation of an active member and the sum of S2.00 

 for entrance fee and tines for cu i rent year (SI. 00). Every member attending 

 the general A. C. A. camp shall pav $1.00 for camp expenses. Application 

 sent to the Sec'y-Treas. will be forwarded l<v him to the proper Division. 



Persons residing in the Central Division wishing to become members of 

 the A. C. A., will be furnished with printed forms of application by address- 

 ing the Purser. 



Day. The club is now incorporated __ 

 buque Boating Association, which will build a $3,000 club house 

 this winter. The club now numbers 1 10 active members. 



CANOEING AT FALL RIVER. -The Massasoit C, C, of Fall 

 River, Mass., was organized on Oct, 17, with the following officers: 

 Com., Nathan C. Drool; Vice-Corn., .1. B. Richards; Rear-Com., 

 Howard Jackson; Sec. and Treas., Wm. O. Anthony, 142 North 

 Main street. 



NOTUS SAIL PLAN.— The height of mizenmast should be lift. 

 4in., not 6ft, 4in., as given last week. 



THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. 



THE amendments to the constitution given herewith will be 

 presented at the meeting of the executive committioe, which 

 will be held in Albany ou Nov. 12. The two weeks which inter- 

 vene will give time for a discussion and explanation of the various 

 points involved through the columns of the Forest and Stream, 

 and we hope to hear fully from canoeists before our next issue. 

 By this means every member, though unable to attend the meet- 

 ings, may have a voice in the legislation of the A. C. A., though 

 there are few, we are sorry to say, who avail themselves of the 

 privilege. The proposed changes are all for the purpose of strength- 

 ening and improving the Association, and the officers who" are 

 actively engaged should receive the aid of all members to the ex- 

 tent of a careful criticism of all proposed measures and the sug- 

 gestion of any possible improvement. The main question of the 

 meeting will be that of next year's meet, where it will be held. 

 In this all are interested, and as a decision must be made at the 

 meeting now is the time for suggestions and criticism, not after 

 the matter has been finally settled. As the Eastern Division has 

 declined to hold the meet this year, as they were entitled to, it re- 

 mains in the Central Division again. ^ number of sites have 

 been mentioned, some very good, but none possesses such an evi- 

 dent superiorit y that it can at once be decided on, and the question 



; before a 

 . liinnecock 

 central New 



i ork have all been proposed, the choice at present being in favor 

 of Lake George. The committee will be glad to hear of eligible 

 sites and to have all possible information concerning them, as 

 well as the ones mentioned above. We hope to hear from those 

 who are interested in the meet, and our columns are open to them 

 for suggestions and a discussion of the subject. 

 To the Members of the A. C. A.: 



Gentlemen— Pursuant to the provisions of Article XI. of the 

 Constitution, which requires that proposed amendments to the 

 Constitution be published in general terms in the official organ 

 two weeks before they can be submitted to the Executive Commit- 

 tee, the undersigned gives notice that at the Executive Committee 

 meeting to be held in November, 1887, he will move that the Con- 

 stitution be amended in the following particulars, viz.: 



I. That the provision in .Section 2 of Article. "</., that the Com- 

 modore and Secretary-Treasurer shall hold oltice for one year 

 from the first day of November following their election, or until 

 their successors are elected, bo amended by providing that if they 

 are elected before the first day of November following the camp, 

 they shall hold office for one year from said first day of November, 

 or until their successors are elected: but if elected after said first 

 day of November they shall hold office from the time of their elec- 

 tion to the first day of the following November, or until their suc- 

 cessors are elected. 



The point of this proposed amendment is, that as the Constitu- 

 tion now reads, if the Commodore for any reason should not be 

 elected at the camp he could be elected at the Executive Commit- 

 tee meeting in November, and if elected in November, tho present 

 provision of the Constitution might boar the construction that he 

 would hold office for one year from the 1st of November follow- 

 ing, in other words, for two years. 



II. That Section 1 of Article VI. be amended by striking out the 

 provision that the Executive Committee at its meeting held at 

 the A. C. A. camp shall determine the locality of the next A. C. A. 

 camp, and by inserting instead thereof a provision that the local- 

 ity of the next A. C. A. camp, each year, shall be determined by 

 the Executive Committee at it annual meeting in November. 



HI. That the provision in Section 2 of Article V., that the Com- 

 modore shall be elected from each division in turn, and that the 

 A. C. A. meet shall be held within the territory of the several 

 divisions in turn, he repealed. 



IV. That Article VII. be amended by striking from the list of 

 the duties of the Commodore the provision that he shall pass on 

 the qualification of names whenever published for membership, 

 and by inserting a provision that he shall pass upon appeals from 

 the decisions of the Vice-Commodores, and by inserting at the 

 end of Article IX. a provision that any member feeling aggrieved 

 by any decision of a Vice-Commodore upon the subject of admis- 

 sion to membership, may appeal to the Commodore. 



V. That Article XI. be amendod by providing that the Consti- 

 tution may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members 

 present at a meeting of the Executive Committee or by a writing 

 signed by the Commodore and two-thirds of the members of the 

 Executive Committee, provided the proposed amendments be 

 published as provided in the Article. 



VI. That a new article be inserted in the Constitution as fol- 

 lows, viz.: 



Article — . The ex-Commodores of the A.C.A., so long as thev are 

 members of the A. C. A„ in good standing, shall have the right to 

 attend meetings of the Executive Committee, and when attending 

 and present at such meetings shall have all the rights of, and for 

 the time being be, members of that Committee. 



VII. That a new article be inserted in the Constitution as fol- 

 lows, viz.: 



Article — . Any officer of the Association may be removed from 

 office, and any member of the Association may be expelled from 

 the Association by the Executive Committee, for cause, in the 

 manner to be prescribed in the By-Laws and after having had an 

 opportunity to be heard. Very respectfully, 



Henry; Stanton. 



New York, Oct. 21. 



MY PARTNER GETS TIPPED OUT- 



£T was the frisky canoe that gave my partner the tip. In canoe- 

 ing, some, if not all, pass through phases of feeling something 

 like this. If the very first venture is successful there is a liability 

 to over-confidonoe and consequent carelessness. A canoe is sen- 

 sitive and will not put up with any indifference to its claims for 

 affectionate attention. Hence in an unguarded moment it re- 

 minds its human freight that it is a very agile craft and exceed- 

 ingly slippery on the bottom. The result is a wet and humble 

 man. Then follows a stage of timidity and extra carefulness, 

 when the canoemau does not stand up any more to cast Ms flies, 

 and feels like parting Ms hair in the middle -when he sits down. 

 With practice, however, he soon emerges from tliis into a com- 

 fortable state of both confidence and carefulness. 



My partner was a thorough novice in canoeing and was highly 

 pleaded, as every sensible man must be, with tho bird-like qualities 

 of the canoe. He was also delighted with its steadiness and 

 general good behavior, and wondered at reports he had heard of 

 the crankiness of such craft, not perceiving that I was balancing 

 and looking out for him all the time. I told him a canoe was 

 good enough and safe enough, only a man must be properly care- 

 ful and be careful all the time. It would not do for him to take a 

 vacation and go sitting on the gunwale. I could see that my 

 admonitions had little effect, but I chuckled to myself and bided 

 my time. I knew his time would come. 



We left Kineo one afternoon, paddled north about ten miles 

 and into Duck Cove at the head of which we were to camp that 

 night. As soon as we touched shore I struck into the woods to 

 locate a road we wanted to use next day to reach Duck Pond. 

 When I returned to the landing I found the wettest man I had 

 seen since leaving home. He had undertaken to unload the canoe. 

 He lifted a bundle, gave a mighty heave, when the canoe like a 

 live thing greased and in a tremendous hurry, went from under 

 him in a wink's time, and be was lying down all under in 18in. of 

 water. It surprised m) partner a good deal. Before that he did 

 not know a canoe was so sudden. It also for a time seriously 

 damaged his good feelings and confidence. The affair was rather 

 unheroic and I credit myself with phenomenal self-control for 

 not making game of him, which I did not. For a few days he was 

 in the timid stage, but by natural aevelopment soon came to the 

 ease and address of a well-regulated canoeman. But that over- 

 turn did him a power of good. Ptttsfield . 



A SPRING MEET ON NEWARK BAY. 



THE following notice explains itself. The camp this year was 

 very badly located, and the proposed site will be far better, 

 though it has some serious objections. Nothing has yet been done 

 toward a local meet about New York and the Hudson, but it might 

 be well to unite in a meet with the Passaic canoeists. Newark 

 Bay is near New York, the ground and water are good for camp- 

 ing and racing, the only objection being the beach. Many up- 

 river canoeists would be glad to come down, and a very large meet 

 is probable: 



Edi tor Forest and Stream: 



The Passaic river canoeists propose to make the meet on that 

 river a permanent fixture. For that purpose a committee com- 

 posed of members from the different clubs on the river, have 

 already met and selected a site for the camp. 



The meet next year will be held on Newark Bay. In holding it 

 there it is expected that a greater number of New York and 

 Brooklyn canoeists will attend, a better course can be obtained, 

 and the mosquitoes — well, they couldn't be much worse than at 

 Dundee. A date has not yet been settled, and probably will not 

 until early next spring. Richard Hobaht. 



59 Halsey Street, Newark, N, J. 



